Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has revealed that the team’s return to black has helped them reach the “weight limit” ahead of the forthcoming season, with the side having focused on cutting weight during the off-season. Hitting the 798kg minimum weight is a great achievement for the Silver Arrows, given that they dealt with an
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has revealed that the W14’s sidepods are set to change, with the Brackley-based team currently “looking at solutions” to develop their narrow sidepods. The Germans were incredibly “bold” by introducing their remarkable ‘zero sidepod’ design at the start of last season, with nothing like it having really been seen before
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Charles Leclerc is the golden boy of Ferrari, having been signed by the team back in 2019 on a long-term contract, with the Scuderia seeing the Monegasque driver as their future. During his first few seasons in red, the 25-year-old learned a vast amount from the legendary Sebastian Vettel, before he was replaced by McLaren’s
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When the teams exited the garage for the first time last year in Bahrain, there were many different interpretations of the new regulations on show. The sidepods were an area of particular difference, with Mercedes even opting to develop the W13 with virtually no sidepods. Having has a year now to fully understand what works
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A cost cap was introduced into Formula 1 in 2021, limiting teams to spending a maximum of $145m over the course of the season. This cap was introduced to bring the grid a lot closer together and prevent the likes of Mercedes and Red Bull from blowing the rest of the competition out of the
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Unlike many other sports, competing in Formula 1 comes with an entry fee, which varies depending on the performance of the team or driver in the previous season. There is a set fee for signing on the to upcoming season, along with an extra charge for every point scored in the year just gone. It
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With Mercedes having launched their 2023 challenger – the W14 – on Wednesday at the home of the British Grand Prix, the Germans have dominated the headlines to absolutely no shock at all. They opted to complete their official shakedown test at Silverstone straight after launching the W14, with Lewis Hamilton and George Russell having
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The Netflix series ‘Drive to Survive’ will release its fifth season later this month, with the show becoming a massive hit amongst Formula 1 fans in recent years. The show takes fans behind the scenes of F1 to give them access to conversations and reactions that are normally hidden to the general audience. While the
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The new regulations that came into effect ahead of the 2022 season forced teams to entirely rethink the aerodynamic aspects of their car designs. Ferrari improved drastically in the new era of F1, becoming true title challengers for the first time in a number of years. The Scuderia eventually fell some way short of eventual
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2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button is expecting seven-time World Champion and former team-mate Lewis Hamilton to “be on it from the word go” in 2023, in order to bounce back from last season. 2022 was a very non-Hamilton season, with the 38-year-old having slumped to sixth in the Drivers’ Championship, largely due to
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